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Show m Passengers Tell I Harrowing Tale H Terrible Hurrlcan Rag.es For Hours H and Atterrlpts to Aid Steamer HJ Prove of No Avail , Now York, Jan. 7. Tho 177 pas- H' , scngcrs who wcro forced to abandon Hjff tho sinking Greek steamship Thcssa- l lonlkl at sea arrived hero today on H )' tho steamship I'ntrls of tho same Hno H , and gavo vivid descriptions of tho H lmrdshlps they suffered during the H 11 vo weeks that thoYThcssalontkl was ' battered by a. scries of terrific gales. On Christmas Day, passengers said ' tho supply of meat on tho Thcssalon- B . ikl was entirely exhausted, only a H fow gallons of water wcro left and H tho ship's officers began to portion Hi out short rations of tho meager sup- Tj ' Ply of food which remained. H " Sprung a Leak In Hurricane H Tho Thcssalonlkl first sprung n B leak when sho encountered a hurri- H cano which raged for 12 hours on H December 31. Tho holler and en- H Kino rooms wcro partly Hooded and H tho steamer sent out calls for assist- H anco. After the hurrlcano subsided, H howovor, tho flooded portions of tho H ship wcro pimped out nud sho pro- H cccdcd on her voyago, Rough seas and gales wcro encoun- H tercd from December 22 to December Ht 2G when ho Thcssa'onlkl ran into a Hl J , 90 mllo iwrrlcano which lasted for Hlji 24Jhours. Many of tho passengers T and crow feared the steamer was i sinking as fresh leaks opened up the Hf J boiler nnd cnglno rooms and coal W I bunkers rapidly filled with water and ft t tho ship wns badly tossed about. It was then that tho Thcssa'onlkl H ft sent out numerous S. O. S. calls which Vcro heard by tho Patrls, Unl- H j ted Stntes.Florlzol and other steam- B ers. Tho Florlzel was tho first to B reach tho disabled vessel and offer- BBHj cd to tako off tho passengers1 nnd tho BBB crow and carry them to Ilnrmudn. BBM) Captain Cioulnndls who wns making BBm( his first voyago as a master, declined BBT this offer. Tho Florlzol stood by BH until thq Patrls came In sight. BBf Tho Thcssalonlkl pnsscngcrs wcro BB)', transferred to tho Patrls with con- BBr ', sldornblo difficulty and woro forced B' to leave all of their baggngo and' per- Hul sonal bolonglngs on tho disabled ves- S sol. After tho transfer tho Patrls M ft shot a lino to the Thcssalonlkl nnd BH took her sister ship In tow on Jnnu- BB, I nry. Tho wind Increased greatly Bt during tho night and early the fol- H lowing morning tho tow lino parted. Bfl That nftcrnoon tho Patrls succeeded B In getting another lino to tho Then- nalonlkl, hut tho cablo parted for n BB, second tlmo early on tho morning of BBBa Monday January 3, and tho Thessn- I lonlkl was driven rapidly to tho south oast boforo a torrlflc hurricane nccom- panled by n blinding snow storm. BBK Owing to tho Thossalonlkl's engines BBBl being stopped by tho water In her BBBB hold sho wns only ablo to send out H Infrequent wireless ca'ls which cov BH nrod a small area. Tho Patrls took BK, up tho search and was joined by tho BK A Scandinavian steamor United States, Ku which had turned out of her course. V i Captain Goulandls said hn had been BBj unable to makn solar observations by B$j reasons of tho almost continuous f " storms and it wos for this reason ho BB' ndded that ho sent out six erroneous BBT messages regarding tho position of his |